The Wise Men’s Offerings. Oil on Canvas. 128.9 x 58.4 cms (50.7 x 23 ins). A cartoon painted for a window in St. George’s Chapel Windsor, installed in 1796. From 1779 to 1801 West became involved with the large-scale restoration of this Chapel, and windows were installed in the quire aisles. The designs were drawn […]
The Nativity. 1792. Oil and paper on canvas. Height: 497.8 cms (16.3 ft); width: 256.5 cms (100.9 ins). National Trust, Petworth House, Petworth, West Sussex. For the window for St. George’s Chapel, Windsor which was installed in 1796. From 1779 to 1801 West was engaged in George III’s many alterations to Windsor Castle, and became […]
The angels announcing the birth of Jesus. 1790. Painting; pen, brush and brown ink with oil on paper. Height: 34.61 cm (13.63 in.), Width: 23.5 cm (9.25 in.) A cartoon for a painted-glass window St. George’s Chapel, Windsor which was installed in 1796. From 1779 to 1801 West was engaged in George III’s many alterations […]
Phillip Medhurst 